Lyonnesse

American  

[lahy-uh-nes] / ˌlaɪ əˈnɛs /

noun

1. Arthurian Legend. the mythical region where Sir Tristram was born, located near Cornwall in SW England and supposed to have been submerged by the sea.

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Lyonnesse British  

/ ˌlaɪəˈnɛs /

noun

1. (in Arthurian legend) the mythical birthplace of Sir Tristram, situated in SW England and believed to have been submerged by the sea

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Lyonnesse

The Lyonnesse Club meets in an electric-lighted basement-suite a little way off the Strand, and as I descended the stairs I saw him in the narrow passage.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Oliver [pseud.] Onions

The dignity of the old Lyonnesse blood asserted its ascendency.

From Under Two Flags by Ouida

Part of the fuss my numerous friends made about my Knighthood was this desire of theirs that my portrait should be painted and hung up in the Lyonnesse Club.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Oliver [pseud.] Onions

The "dolorous death and departing out of this world" in Lyonnesse and elsewhere corresponds to and completes the triumph of Sarras.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury

"At 9.30 o'clock, as the fog lifted somewhat, the rescuing steamer Lyonnesse had sighted the Gothland, fast on the rocks, with a bad list to starboard, and apparently partly filled with pater."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, July 1, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman

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